Deputy Fired After Classroom Incident Caught on Video

Deputy Ben Fields, who is under federal investigation after he was caught on video flipping a black high school student out of her classroom chair in South Carolina, was fired on Wednesday for violating department policy.

Deputy Ben Fields went too far when he picked up the 16-year-old…

Another Politician Pleads Guilty, No Way!?

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal charges of evading bank rules about large cash transactions in a deal reached with prosecutors in a hush-money case stemming from allegations of sexual misconduct.

Federal prosecutors recommended a sentence of zero to six months in…

There's a New Police Video and It Aint Good

A South Carolina school district banned a school resource officer pending an investigation after a video surfaced Monday showing him tossing a student across a classroom floor.
The incident apparently captured on a student’s cellphone happened at Spring Valley High School in Columbia. School officials and sheriff’s deputies…

Woman Charged in Death of 4 At Oklahoma St. Univ

A woman suspected of plowing her car into a crowd at a homecoming rally for Oklahoma State University, killing four and injuring dozens, is set to make her first court appearance on Monday to answer to four counts of second-degree murder.

Adacia Avery Chambers, 25, is suspected of driving…

Over 100 Dead after Major Earthquake in Asia

A major earthquake struck the remote Afghan northeast on Monday, killing at least 135 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan and sending shock waves as far as New Delhi, officials said.

The death toll could climb in coming days because communications were down in much of the rugged Hindu…